PHP + Comet (long-polling) scaling / hosts

Question

I have developped an application using PHP/MySQL which used comet technology, presicely long-polling. The proof of concept works great, but I am expecting traffic to quickly reach thousands of simultanous connections = thousands of open connections on the webserver.

I do not have the ability to setup my own server (e.g. using lighttpd), and usually rely on simple 5$/month PHP hostings for other web projects. However, I realize those won't do the trick as they are not meant to support such a high number of simultanous open connections.

What are my other options? I could not find any host specialized in comet applications.

Thanks

Answer 1

you would be better of with dedicated server, which will be more expensive, but it will do the job, i personally like 1and1.co.uk, and if your in america 1and1.com

hope that helps!!